Hydrostratigraphic analysis of the Darling River valley (Australia) using electromagnetic induction data and a spatially constrained algorithm for quasi-three-dimensional electrical conductivity imaging

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1053-1063

  Triantafilis, John ^a   Santos, Fernando Acácio Monteiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Australia; Electromagnetic induction; General hydrogeology; Geophysical methods; Salinization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; SALINIZATION; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; DARLING BASIN; MURRAY BASIN;

EID: 79961026394     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0739-9     Document Type: Article

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